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Section 119 — District Court Act 2016: Stay if party unable to pay judgment amount
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119 Stay if party unable to pay judgment amount (1) The court may suspend or stay or vary any judgment or order for the payment of an amount of money if the court considers that the party who must pay the money is unable to do so. (2) The court may suspend or stay or vary the judgment or order for the period and on the terms that the court thinks fit, and may extend the suspension or stay or variation for as long as the cause of the inability continues. Compare: 1947 No 16 s 65(3)
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